Possible correction: I can't seem to find the original source of Wednesday's JSTOR public domain release. However, it does appear that they have released a lot of their data as public domain since the original charges were brought against Aaron Swartz. On Jan 13, 2013 9:18 PM, "Kyle Spencer" <[email protected]> wrote:
> While it appears that he was already troubled and prone to suicide: > > He was facing over 30 years in prison for hacking into the JSTOR/MIT > research archives and publishing their data on the Internet. > > JSTOR released all of their data as public domain on Wednesday, days > before his death. > > His family and partner said the following: > > "Decisions made by officials in the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's office > and at MIT contributed to his death. The US Attorney's office pursued an > exceptionally harsh array of charges, carrying potentially over 30 years in > prison, to punish an alleged crime that had no victims. Meanwhile, unlike > JSTOR, MIT refused to stand up for Aaron and its own community's most > cherished principles." > > > http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/01/12/169235633/aaron-swartz-reddit-cofounder-and-online-activist-dead-at-26 > Sad day indeed. Really Tragic. > > On 12 January 2013 16:48, [email protected] < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> This is a day of mourning. >> >> Victor van Reijswoud <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The co-inventor of RSS, the co-owner of REDDIT and above all a fighter >>> for internet freedom and open content has passed on. He was 26 years old. >>> >>> http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N61/swartz.html - official announcement and >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz for who do not know him. >>> >>> V >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >>> >>> >>> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] >>> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> >>> >>> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >>> >>> >>> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >>> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>> >>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >>> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not respon >>> sible >>> for them in any way. >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. >> > > > > -- > Simon Vass > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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